She Loves Me

Book by Joe Masteroff
Music by Jerry Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Performed
August 1-4, 7-11, 14-18, 2007
at
The Boal Barn Playhouse

Production Staff

Director	Elaine Meder-Wilgus
Music Director	Russell Bloom
Scenic Designer	Jon Vickers-Jones
Lighting Designer	Susan L. Polay
Audio Designer	Mike Twomley
Choreographer	Jill A. Brighton
Costume Designer	Edna Rentschler
Technical Director	Jon Vickers-Jones
Stage Manager	Debbie Meder
Assistant Stage Manager	Amanda Jones
Apprentice Coordinator	Amber Daughtry

About the Show

“Young man wants young lady. Young lady wants young man.” Sounds simple, doesn’t it? Yet we all know the inherent complexities of fulfilling that simple request. Yesterday, Lonely Hearts Clubs helped us find that magical element of chemistry. Today, dating sites like eHarmony.com offer a new approach to an old industry–although some might say they take all the fun out of it!

Enter Georg Nowack, who’s seeking a young woman to love. He’s a clerk in a parfumerie in 1930’s Budapest, but our setting could just as well be 1950’s middle America. Love transcends clothing and hairstyles and always makes a great story. She Loves Me is a great example of this, with a tuneful sophistication seldom seen in musicals of this era. Its story unfolds publicly in Maraczek’s Parfumerie and privately in the hopes and dreams the characters so eloquently express through their songs.

By the way, you may recognize the creative pens behind She Loves Me. They went on to write another little show called Fiddler on the Roof.

Elaine Meder-Wilgus

The Cast

Arpad Laszlo	Robbie Hackman
Ladislav Sipos	Jeff Brown
Ilona Ritter	Sally Best Finberg
Steven Kodaly	Scott Stilson
Georg Nowack	Aden Wertz
Mr. Maraczek	Charlie Wilson
Amalia Balash	Emily Homan
Keller	Scott Case
Busboy	Ryan Kramer
Waiter	Ethan Gwynn
Ensemble	Rob Arnold Michael Blake Scott Case Loren Ferster Helen Fleischer Ethan Gwynn Amanda Jones Ryan Kramer Dan Landers-Nolan Theresa Rice Sarah Robertson Laura Waldhier